Bitfinex and Tether close new account registration

Two of the biggest exchanges in the world, Tether and Bitfinex, have closed the registration of new accounts. The news came without any warning, with Bitfinex stating that in order to protect professional traders, it will be temporarily shutting down new registrations.

No hardfork, says Parity

After more than $275 million worth of Ether was frozen last month, Parity Technologies proposed changes in the Ethereum blockchain network to regain access to the locked ether tokens.